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Man fends off knife with walking cane

A 48-year-old Athens woman sat on the front porch of her boyfriend's home on Boulevard on Sunday afternoon, then tried to attack him when he returned about 2 p.m., Athens-Clarke police said.

The woman told officers she had been living with the man for about two weeks, and when she tried to get into the home that day, the door was locked, so she used a knife to cut a screen window. The storm window was locked, so she still couldn't get in, according to a police report.

Coretta Yvonne Berry went after the man with a knife when he returned, but the 58-year-old victim fended her off with a walking cane, which he used to strike her in the face, according to police.